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• windah

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪndə/
• Rhymes: -ɪndə

winda (plural windas)

1. Pronunciation spelling of window.
   • 1936, Ogden Nash, The Tale of Custard The Dragon:

     ...there was a pirate, climbing in the winda.

• diwan

winda

1. romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰

• gwińda

Borrowed from German Winde.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvin.da/
• Rhymes: -inda
• Syllabification: win‧da

winda f

1. (mechanics) elevator, lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
2. (nautical) capstan (cylindrical machine)

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “winda”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “kabestan, winda”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “winda”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

• IPA^(key): /ˈwin.dɑ/

winda

1. genitive plural of wind

• IPA^(key): /ˈvin.da/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -inda
• Syllabification: win‧da

Borrowed from German Winde.

winda f (related adjective windowy)

1. (mechanics) elevator, lift (permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building)

   Synonym: dźwig

Clipping of Windows. Compare Russian винда́ (vindá) and Ukrainian вінда́ (vindá).

winda f

1. (humorous, operating systems, slang) Windows (operating system with a WIMP graphical user interface that dominates the personal computer market)

   Synonym: Windows

• “winda”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “winda”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• winda in PWN's encyclopedia

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

• Audio (Kenya):

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-winda (infinitive kuwinda)

1. to hunt (chase down prey)

Conjugation of -winda
Positive present -nawinda Subjunctive -winde Negative -windi Imperative singular winda
Infinitives
Positive kuwinda Negative kutowinda
Imperatives
Singular winda Plural windeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huwinda Positive past positive subject concord + -liwinda Negative past negative subject concord + -kuwinda
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nawinda) Singular Plural 1st person ninawinda/nawinda tunawinda 2nd person unawinda mnawinda 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anawinda wanawinda other classes positive subject concord + -nawinda
Negative present (negative subject concord + -windi) Singular Plural 1st person siwindi hatuwindi 2nd person huwindi hamuwindi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hawindi hawawindi other classes negative subject concord + -windi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tawinda Negative future negative subject concord + -tawinda
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -winde) Singular Plural 1st person niwinde tuwinde 2nd person uwinde muwinde 3rd person m-wa(I/II) awinde wawinde other classes positive subject concord + -winde
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siwinde Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngewinda Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singewinda Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliwinda Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliwinda
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -awinda) Singular Plural 1st person nawinda twawinda 2nd person wawinda mwawinda 3rd person m-wa(I/II) awinda wawinda m-mi(III/IV) wawinda yawinda ji-ma(V/VI) lawinda yawinda ki-vi(VII/VIII) chawinda vyawinda n(IX/X) yawinda zawinda u(XI) wawinda see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwawinda pa(XVI) pawinda mu(XVIII) mwawinda
Perfect positive subject concord + -mewinda "Already" positive subject concord + -meshawinda "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jawinda "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiwinda "If not" positive subject concord + -sipowinda Consecutive kawinda / positive subject concord + -kawinda Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kawinde
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niwinda -tuwinda 2nd person -kuwinda -wawinda/-kuwindeni/-wawindeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -muwinda -wawinda m-mi(III/IV) -uwinda -iwinda ji-ma(V/VI) -liwinda -yawinda ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiwinda -viwinda n(IX/X) -iwinda -ziwinda u(XI) -uwinda see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuwinda pa(XVI) -pawinda mu(XVIII) -muwinda Reflexive -jiwinda
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -winda- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -windaye -windao m-mi(III/IV) -windao -windayo ji-ma(V/VI) -windalo -windayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -windacho -windavyo n(IX/X) -windayo -windazo u(XI) -windao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -windako pa(XVI) -windapo mu(XVIII) -windamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -winda) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yewinda -owinda m-mi(III/IV) -owinda -yowinda ji-ma(V/VI) -lowinda -yowinda ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chowinda -vyowinda n(IX/X) -yowinda -zowinda u(XI) -owinda see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kowinda pa(XVI) -powinda mu(XVIII) -mowinda
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Nominal derivations:
  • mwindaji (“hunter”)
  • uwindaji (“hunting”)
  • windo (“prey”)